Sanitary animal drinking-fountain.



I. G. PARTINGTON.

SANITARY ANIMAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1912.

1,087,458, Patented Feb. 17, I914.

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FREDERICK GEORGE PARTINGTON,

OF COEUR DALENE, IDAHO.

SANITARY ANIMAL DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.1 7,1914..

Application filed September 24, 1912. Serial N 0. 722,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK GEORGE PARTINGTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Coeur dAlene, in the county of Kootenai and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Animal Drinking- Fountains, of which the following is a specification,

This invention pertains to sanitary drinking fountains, and has for its object to provide an individual drinking vessel for horses, and cattle and to provide an automatic means for the flow of water into the fountain and for the cutting off of the flow when the water gets to a predetermined height in the bowl.

Other and further objects will be hereinafter described.

The apparatus consists of a bowl mounted at the desired location, a pipe feed leading into the bowl, a cutoff valve in the pipe, a float within the bowl so connected with the cutoff valve in the pipe as to automatically open and close the valve, together with a screen mounted within the bowl and covering the entire area thereof, excepting the space covered by the float.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a combined side elevation thereof and a vertical sectional view, and, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a multiple number of the bowls mount-ed in a row and connected to a water feed pipe.

The bowl 10 may be made of any desired shape or design but is shown in the drawings as round with a downwardly and centrally disposed base 11. The feed pipe 12 leads into the bowl 10 at the center of the base 11 and is fitted on the inside of the bowl with a nut 13 and on the outside of the bowl with the nut 14: to make the same tight and rigid with the bowl 10. A cutoff valve 15 is mounted on the inside'of the bowl l0 and is adapted to operate in the upper end of said pipe 12.

Levers 19 fulcrumed at the standards 20 are pivotally connected to the float 17 as at 21 and to an arm 22 extendingacross and beyond the cutoff valve 15 and rigidly secured thereto. Horizontally arranged oblong slots 23 are provided in the arm 22 in which the pin may guide in order to give the desired results in the movements of the lever 19. For a like purpose, horizontally arranged oblong slots 25 are provided in the standards 20 in which the pins 26 may glide. A screen 27 covering the area of the bowl l0 inside of the float 17 is made to swag downwardly at the center 28 thereof, giving it much the same shape of the bowl 10. A beaded rim 29 is provided for the upper edge of the bowl 10 for safety and for strength. The float 17 is mounted on the long end 19 'of the lever 19 and the cutoff valve 15 is connected with the short end 19 thereof. The screen 27 is attached to the float 17. When there is no liquid in the bowl 10 the float 17 naturally drops down causing the cutoff valve 15 to be elevated, thereby opening the pipe 12 to the inflow of water. Water rising in the bowl 10 bears against the float 17 crowding the same upwardly, until the same is in the position shown in Fig. 2 when the cutofl valve 15 closes the end 16 of the pipe 12 stopping the inflow of water. An animal drinking water from the bowl 10 thereby reducing the amount therein would cause the float 17 to drop downwardly and by the mechanism shown, cause the valve 15 to rise thereby permitting the inflow of Water again until the normal height of water in the bowl 10 is reached. The screen 27 serves to catch objects dropping into the bowl and retains them until they can be removed, and serves to keep the animals from the valve 15 levers 19 and other internal mechanism. This screen serves a further purpose in this, that if for any reason the valve 15 or other con necting parts, shall become stuck in a particular position, the animal coming in contact with the screen while drinking is likely to jar the mechanism loose so that the parts will perform their usual functions.

The fountains may be mounted in rows, as shown in Fig. 3 and be placed in cow and horse stables and stalls, or other places, and all connected up to one feed pipe 30 or they may be arrangedin circles or otherwise as desired and connected to the same or separate feed pipes.

at I claim is 1. In an animal drinking fountain, the combination of a bowl, a feed pipe therefor, a cut-off valve in said feed pipe, a float within said bowl, a screen attached to said float, and means connecting the said floatwith said valve.

2. In an animal drinking fountain, the

combination of a bowl, a

feed pipe therefor, a cut-off valve in said feed pipe, a float Within said bowl, a screen attached to said a float within the bowl connected to the float, and a bell crank lever connecting said long end of said rocking lever the said lefloat with said valve. ver being fulcrumed within the bowl, to

3. In an animal drinking fountain, the gether with a screen within said bowl cov- 5 combination of a bowl, a feed pipe therefor, ering the substantial area thereof, the said a float within said bowl, a screen attached to screen being attached to the float. said float, and a cut-elf valve operated by In testimony whereof I aflix my signature said float. inpresence of two witnesses.

4. An animal drinking fountain compris- FREDERICK GEORGE PARTINGTON. 10 ing a bowl, a feed pipe leading into the Witnesses:

bowl, a cutoff valve in the feed pipe, a rock- C. L. STARR, ing lever pivotally connected to said valve, VVlLLIAM H. KAYE.

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